Boat Building and Repairing
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Boat Building and Repairing occupation series (code 4717): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Boat Building and Repairing is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 34 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family. At an average salary of $74,449 it pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- 0.0%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 13.3 yrs
- Rank in family
- #7 of 10
FedScope read on Boat Building and Repairing (thin series)
Headcount moved sideways versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend. Pay moved sideways between the two reporting periods, a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. On length of service, this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
The General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family (code 47) groups Boat Building and Repairing together with 9 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Boat Building and Repairing postings should also review these sibling occupations in the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family. Across the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family, 15,982 employees work in 10 occupations; Boat Building and Repairing is 0.2% of that headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Boat Building and Repairing pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$74,449
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-36.6%
Where Boat Building and Repairing ranks on lean federal pay
Boat Building and Repairing earns more on average than 30% of federal occupation series (165 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Boat Building and Repairing sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Boat Building and Repairing.
Related Occupations in General Maintenance and Operations Work Family
9 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintenance Mechanic | 10,441 | $73,094 | 11.9 yrs |
| Misc General Maintenance & Operations Work | 2,599 | $93,724 | 16.5 yrs |
| Utility Systems Repairing-Operating | 1,983 | $84,204 | 13.2 yrs |
| Cemetery Caretaking | 644 | $63,552 | 8.6 yrs |
| General Equipment Mechanic | 140 | $75,100 | 15.4 yrs |
| Model Making | 91 | $93,472 | 14.8 yrs |
| General Equipment Operating | 26 | $81,524 | 18.2 yrs |
| Exhibits Making/modeling | 16 | n/a | 17.5 yrs |
| Research Laboratory Mechanic | 8 | $83,825 | 13 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Boat Building and Repairing outside the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar thin headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (34 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($74,449 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Boat Building and Repairing pay in context with the pay-rank chart above, then compare it with another occupation.
- Turn an average salary into a grade: the GS pay grade tables show how grades and steps map to pay.
- Browse the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Boat Building and Repairing postings on USAJOBS.
OPM FedScope and Federal Workforce Data figures are federal civilian headcounts, average salaries, and length-of-service statistics - not job-quality scores, hiring advice, or a live vacancy listing. A larger or higher-paid agency is not a better employer.